§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list by year for each of the last five years, and by sex, the number of persons successfully convicted under section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988; [2721]
(2) how many (a) men and (b) women have been successfully convicted under (i) section 1 and (ii) section 139 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 in each of the last five years. [2722]
§ Mr. MacleanThe information is given in the table.
Number of persons convicted at all courts for offences involving carrying weapons by sex 1991 to 1995 England and Wales Offence description/sex 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Carrying article with blade or point in a public place (Criminal Justice Act 1988, section 139) Males 1,671 1,778 1,783 2,424 2,469 Females 66 70 69 78 90 Carrying of offensive weapons1 without lawful authority or reasonable excuse in a public place (Prevention of Crime Act 1953, section 1) Males 3,785 3,490 3,028 3,186 3,063 Females 122 116 90 109 127 1May include a small number of offences involving truncheons etcetera.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes ended in a court conviction in each police force area of England and Wales in(a) 1993, (b) 1994 and (c) 1995. [2232]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 11 November 1996]: Information available centrally on the number of offenders found guilty is published annually in "Criminal Statistics England and Wales", supplementary tables, volume 3. Tables S3.2(A) and S3.4(A) refer to that subject.
Copies of the publication are available in the Library.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes ended in a caution in each police force area of England and Wales in(a) 1993, (b) 1994 and (c) 1995. [2233]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 11 November 1996]: Information available centrally on the number of offenders cautioned is published annually in "Criminal Statistics England and Wales", supplementary tables, volume 3. Table S3.6(A) refers to that subject.
Copies of the publication are available in the Library.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were cleared up by the police in each police force area of England and Wales in(a) 1993, (b) 1994 and (c) 1995. [2234]
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§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 11 November 1996]: The information requested is given in the following table.
Notifiable offences cleared up1 by police force area Police force area 1993 1994 1995 Avon and Somerset 29,769 34,226 35,008 Bedfordshire 12,110 11,377 11,142 Cambridgeshire 16,375 15,019 12,626 Cheshire 19,875 22,049 22,329 Cleveland 19,758 14,429 18,180 Cumbria 15,677 14,657 15,639 Derbyshire 18,278 17,891 16,434 Devon and Cornwall 30,534 29,257 27,771 Dorset 17,073 16,373 14,765 Durham 18,663 19,041 16,113 Essex 35,991 37,691 31,404 Gloucestershire 12,134 14,493 14,928 Greater Manchester 116,938 105,157 71,314 Hampshire 37,223 36,905 36,552 Hertfordshire 12,039 13,044 15,270 Humberside 22,399 23,291 24,347 Kent 40,163 43,338 40,348 Lancashire 41,211 36,356 37,607 Leicestershire 27,391 28,817 26,924 Lincolnshire 18,755 15,062 17,878 London, City of 1,225 1,406 1,325 Merseyside 54,101 45,328 40,998 Metropolitan Police 146,342 175,105 187,671 Norfolk 17,664 18,936 15,758 Northamptonshire 16,294 17,595 15,948 Northumbria 38,227 40,340 39,034 North Yorkshire 16,816 14,542 13,816 Nottinghamshire 44,789 40,708 33,897 South Yorkshire 30,247 36,669 35,589 Staffordshire 28,602 28,496 29,179 Suffolk 15,571 13,603 12,831 Surrey 10,604 14,119 13,649 Sussex 25,391 24,991 29,297 Thames Valley 40,948 41,174 41,210 Warwickshire 9,665 10,202 9,725 West Mercia 23,035 23,957 21,971 West Midlands 86,809 77,531 75,279 West Yorkshire 54,073 58,167 59,012 Wiltshire 14,395 13,433 11,455 Dyfed-Powys 11,518 10,501 10,147 Gwent 17,411 17,699 16,093 North Wales 16,899 16,416 13,336 South Wales 45,173 36,975 43,076 England and Wales 1,328,155 1,326,366 1,276,875 1Excludes criminal damage £20 and under.